Paper ornament



L. W. THORSELL PAPER ORNAMENT Filed Feb. 5, 1922 July 15 INVENTOR.

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-disks intended for use with the modified form of device shown in Fig.4.

Patented July 15, 1924.

Inns WM. THORSELVL, or WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PAPER ORNAMENT.

Application filed'February 3, 1922. Serial No. 533,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LABS WM. THOR- SELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Waterbury, county of New Haven, and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aPaper Ornament, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to suspended ornaments and more particularly tocollapsible ornaments formed of a series ofsheets or plies of paper orother flexible material. One object of theinvention is to provide anornament of this nature in which the sheets or plies are originallyassembled in a flat pile or-pack, but may be readily opened out into theshape of a ball or other ornamental figure whenever desired.

Another object isto provide a collapsible ornament which will be simple,cheap to manufacture, and very efficient and durable in use.

maybe conveniently embodied in practice.

' In the accompanying drawing,

Fig; 1 represents a perspective view of the first form of ornament,showing a series of paper disks assembled in a fiat pack,

and showing the cross disks in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one.of the cross disks shown in" Fig. 1.-

Fi 3 is a side View of the ornamental ball formed by opening out thepack of a ta-che'd disks shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 1, but a slightly modified form of the in- Fig. 5 is a plan view ofone of the cross Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the modified form ofdevice with the attached disks shown in opened-out relation.

In each form of the invention herein illustrated, th ornament is madefrom a plurality of vertical disks of thm paper ]01I1Cl a pair ofhorizontal cross bars between which are located a series of figuressimulating dolls. Each of the two cross bars is slitted to permit theinsertion of a horizontal cross disk. These cross disks serveto Istiffen the structure of. the ball and also to retain the vertical disksin evenly spaced relation when opened out. 7

The cross disks will, preferably be of somewhat stifi paper or thincardboard, and the ornamental disks willpreferably be of thin paper,although they may'als'o be made 'oIYany other suitable material ifdesired.

Referring now tothe drawing Where like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figs. 1 to 3 illustrate the first embodiment of the invention, inwhich-'- 12 denotes a series of ornamental disks, punched out to formtwo-pairs of figures 13 representing dolls with joined hands. Thesefigures are separatedby central vertical bars 14:, through the centerlines of which the disks 12-may be secured together by stitches orstaples 15. A suspending device 16 consisting of a thread or light wireg ay be attached to the axis of-the assembled 1s rs.

The punchedrout disks 12 are preferably formed with a pair of cross bars17 which are provided with central horizontal slits for the insertion ofa pair of cross disks 18. The slits are preferably formed by firstpunching small holes or slots 19 near the ends of the cross bars 17 andthen connecting these holes or slots 19 by slits 20.

In operation, the cross disks 18 will first be inserted into the slitsof the cross bars 17, after which the vertical disks 12 may be spreadapart and uniformly spaced around the circumference of thecross disks18. As will be clear, the cross disks 18 will then hold said verticaldisks. opened out in the shape of an ornamental ball.

Referring now to the second embodiment of the invention illustrated inFigs. 4 to 6, the punched-outv vertical disks 12 which are preferablyscalloped on their peripheries, are provided with cross bars 17 avertical bar 14?, and a series of ornamental figures similar .to thecorresponding parts of the first form of device shown in Figs. 1 and 3.The cross bars 17, however, are cut in such a manner as to leave buttonsor locking tongues 21 adapted to enter central holes 22 in cross disks18", as clearly shown in Fig. 5. These buttons or looking tongues 21serve to prevent the cross disks 18f from accidentally slipping out ofthe slits m the SQ-A cross bars; The buttons 21 not only retain thecross disks 18 in the dotted positions shown in Fig. 4, when the disks12f, arein collapsed position, butaiso hold them open in the unfolded orspread-out condition, as shown in Fig. 6.

The-cross disks 18 Jareaprovided with pe ripheral notches 23 adapted toengage at their rims and accurately space the vertical disks 12 when thelatter are opened out, as shown in Fig. 6. I It will be understood thatany desired number of ornamental disks or plies (12 and 12 inaybeemployed in each ornainent, within the spirit of the invention,although eight of said disks'or plies, as shown in the drawing,arepreferred. It will also be understood'thatthedisks or plies may allbe made of the same color, or if desired, disks of more than one colormay be emloyed to produce a variegated effect. oreover, any desirednumber of cross bars 17 or 17*, with a corresponding number of crossdisks, may be employed, although tw "cross bars will usually besuflicient to properly stiffen the device and retain the unfoldedornamental sheets in place.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides's'implebut effective 'ni'ean's for producing inexpensive suspended ornamentsfor different decorative urp'oses, such as for Christmas trees, dancehalls, Verandas, chandeliers, etc, while a ball or spherical form ofornament has been illustrated, other forms may be substituted desired,and as determined by the form ofthe punched-out ornamental sheets ofwhich they are composed.

While there have been disclosed in this specification two forms in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these formsare shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the inventionis not to be limited to the specific disclosures but may be modified andembodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modification and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired tosecure Letters Patent, is:

1..ln a collapsible ornament, a series of sheets secured together alongan axis, said sheets having alined slits, and a stiffening strip to beinserted in said slits for holding the sheets in spaced relation.

2. In a collapsible ornament, a series of sheets joined along a commonaxis, said sheets having slits perpendicular to said axis, and meansextending transversely through said slits for holding said sheets inspaced relation.

'3. 1n a collapsible ornament'a series of disks o1ned along a commonaxis, said disks having slits perpendicular to saidaxis, and meansextending. transversely through said slits for holding said disks 1nspaced relation.

1 In a collapsible ornament, a series of disks joined along a commonaxis, said disks having slits perpendicular to said axis, and crossdisks extending transversely through said slits for holding said disksin spaced relation.

5. In a collapsible ornament, a series of disks joined along a commonaxis, said disks having slits perpendicular to said axis, and crossdisks extending transversely through said slits for holding them inspaced relation, said cross disks having I peripheral notches forengaging and uniformly'spacing said disks when the ornament is inopened-out position. 7

6. An ornament composed of a number of plies of thin flexible materialwith punchedout portions affording ornamental figures, said plies beingattached together on a central line or axis from which they may bespread, apart, and said plies being provided with slotted cross bars,combined withcross disks to be inserted in said slotted cross bars tohold the ornamental plies in place,

when opened out.

7. An ornament composed of a number of plies of thin flexible materialwith punched out portions affording ornamental figures, said plies beingattached together on a central line or axis from which they may bespread apart, and said plies being provided withslotted cross bars,combined with cross disks to be inserted in said slottedcross bars tohold the ornamental plies in place when opened out, said cross barsbeing provided with tongues and said cross disksbeing'provided withcentral openings to receive said tongues. e

8. An ornament composed of a number of plies of thin flexible materialwith punched out portions affdrding ornamental figures, said plies beingattached together one central line or axis from which they may be openedout, and said plies being provided with slotted cross bars, combinedwith cross disks to be inserted in said slotted cross bars to hold theornamental plies in place when opened out, said cross disks havingnotches at their peripheries for engaging the ornamental plies when saidplies are opened out.

9. An ornamental paper ball composed of a number of circular paper diskswith punched out portions affording ornamental figures, said disks beingattached together on a central line or axis from which they may beopened out, and said disks being provided with slotted cross bars,combined with cross disks to be inserted in said slotted cross bars tohold the ornamental disks in place when opened out to form a'ball-likeornament. W

10. An ornamental paper ball composed of a number of circular paperdisks with punched out portions afi'ordin ornamental figures, said disksbeing attac ed together on a central line or axis from which they may beopened out, and said disks being provided with slotted cross bars,combined with cross disks to be inserted in said slotted cross bars tohold the ornamental disks in place when opened out to form a ball-likeornament, said cross bars being provided with tongues and said crossdisks being provided with central openings to receive said tongues.

11. An ornamental paper ball com osed of 15 a number of circular paperdis s with punched-out portions affording ornamental figures, said disksbeing attached together on a central line or axis from Which they may beopened out, and said disks being provided with slotted cross bars,combined with cross disks to be inserted in said slotted cross bars tohold the ornamental disks in place when opened out to form a ball-likeorna ment, said cross disks having notches at their peripheries forengaging and spacing the ornamental disks when said disks are openedout.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

LABS WM. THORSELL.

